Species outside the interdependent alliance are not able to reproduce as swiftly as domesticated species. Their dwindling populations are thus threatened with extinction. Specialized, self-sufficient speciessuch as of eagles and the Lion (Leo leo, 'the King of Beasts'), that we are used to supposing the most fit in Nature, are being vastly outreproduced by a few interdependent, less specialized forms. The fittest still survive, but despecialized interdependencies among species is a newly important strategy in Nature and is redefining the concept of 'fit'.

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